Warfang

(The Legend of Spyro OST: Burned Lands)

A fire is spotted at one of the buildings in Warfang. The fire, however, is only located on top of the building.

(L) Spyro and the others arrived. "Why is the fire only on the roof?" Elora asks them. "This is totally weird if you ask me."

"I know. But, let's just focus on putting out the fire." (L) Cynder answers her as they enter the building. "Go up the stairs, see if there's anyone hurt!"

"Leave that to me!" Hunter quickly checks the rooms, searching for any vulnerable person. "Found one!" He then walks out of a room, carrying a baby mole on his arms.

"Go back out and find it's mother, she might be looking for her." (L) Spyro looks down as the cheetah exits the building. Then he turns around to help the others in extinguishing the fire. He enters a room and then he tries to extinguish the fire in that room with his ice breath.

…

It worked, but the room is also frozen. "Oh… I guess that was too much." The dragon walks out and does the same thing to the other rooms until all of the fires are extinguished.

The others then walk down from the higher floors. "How is it up there?" (L) Spyro asks them.

"Pretty good. I used my spell to make the fires disappear easily." Bianca answers him. "The others did well too."

Then, an idea pops out in (L) Spyro's mind. "Let's try asking the moles that live here, they might know the cause of the fire."

"That's a good idea!" His counterpart said to him, looking excited.

(No OST)

…

"None of them know the cause of the fire. Totally weird." Elora crosses her arms. "Then the cause isn't environmental."

"I agree with her." (L) Cynder said.

"Wait, where's Hunter?" Bianca asks them, making a worried expression on her face. Sparx then bumps her head slowly and points Hunter's location. He is seen being insulted by the moles.

The group then approaches them. "What's the problem here?" *Buzz* Sparx asks them.

"This cheetah is the cause of the fire!" A female mole points at Hunter.

"What?! No! Guys, help! These moles are cray cray!"

"He's right! Hunter won't do such a thing!" Bianca hugs him. "He saved your baby! And you don't have any proof of it!"

"If you don't believe us, then see this!" The mole takes out a camera from her pocket.

"Man, looks like technology grew fast while I was gone." (L) Spyro thought to himself.

The mole then turns on the camera and shows the group a video of a cheetah that looks like Hunter shooting the building with an explosive arrow. "Is that enough proof?"

"Oh my god, Hunter…" Elora gasps, watching the video.

"Spyro!" (L) Sparx flies from the Guardians' Home, looking worried. "This cheetah ate your favorite sheep sandwich!" He points at Hunter.

"Wait, what?!" (L) Spyro stares at him, feeling a little angry. He then shook his head. "No, no way. He wouldn't do that."

"Thank you, Spyro." The cheetah wipes off the sweat from his head.

"But that doesn't mean that he's not the culprit behind the fire!" The mole shouts. "This newcomer is absolutely trouble!"

"Wait! It wasn't me!" Hunter looks at his friend, who are looking down, not trusting him anymore. Even Spyro, his best friend, doesn't trust him anymore. "Guys…?"

Bianca stops hugging him and walks back.

"B – Bianca…?"

"I'm sorry, Hunter…" She holds her arm. "There's already proof, and you're the only cheetah here."

"How about my counterpart? It could be him, you know!"

"Hunter, stop!" Spyro shouts at him, startling everyone. "I don't wanna believe this, really. But, the cheetah in the camera looks nothing like your counterpart. I'm sorry, but…"

"Okay! If you guys don't believe me, then I'm leaving this place!" He runs to the Guardians' Home.

"That's weird… Too weird…"

Warfang (Guardians' Home)

(No OST)

(L) Spyro knocks the door to Hunter's room. "Hunter…?" He continues knocking the door. "Can I come in?"

He didn't answer him. "I'm going in, okay?" The dragon slowly opens the door, revealing that Hunter is laying down on his bed.

"What do you want?" He slowly looks at the dragon.

TRUST IS AS PRECIOUS AS A CRYSTAL.

HARD TO OBTAIN, EASY TO LOSE.

MY MISSION IS NOW TO RETRIEVE THE CHEETAH'S LOST TRUST,

WHICH WILL GIVE THE BOTH OF US ADVANTAGES IN LIFE.

"I just want to see if you're okay."

"Why not go with the others? You don't trust me right." He stares at the dragon in disbelief.

"I…"

"I have to admit it, there is no way that Hunter is the culprit. I need to find out the true culprit!"

"I believe you, Hunter." Hearing this, the cheetah gets back up, sitting on the bed. "I know that you wouldn't do it."

"You… Really do…?" He tilts his head. "Are you trying to trick me? Do you REALLY believe me?"

"Of course I believe you!" He looks down for a moment. "Well, I hope I'm right."

"See what I mean? You're not sure."

(L) Spyro then jumps on to his bed and sits next to him. "We gotta know each other more. That'll help in assuring myself."

"Yeah, I guess… We never had a conversation before…"

The 2 of them then start talking to one another, getting to know each other better. "You're the exact opposite of the Hunter from my world." (L) Spyro then laughs.

"Yeah, you're kinda right." The cheetah scratches the back of his head. "Now, do you believe me?"

"Yeah. 100%. Although I don't know what percent means…"

Hunter then stands up and walks to the door. "Let's start the hunt!"

"Hunt? For what?"

"That faker! Who else?" He opens the door and walks out, with (L) Spyro following him from behind.

Warfang

(Persona 5 OST: Life Will Change)

The 2 of them can be seen running through the city, with Hunter wearing a hood that covers his body so that the civilians won't notice his true identity, considering that he is being accused of the fire.

"Are we there yet?" *Pant* *Pant* "It's been a while since I tried running THIS fast!"

"Try to keep up! I heard from the most recent news that the faker was seen riding his skateboard, breaking some stands in the market and used it as ramps!"

"Sounds a bit like you…"

"What?"

"N – no, it's nothing." They finally arrive at the fruit market. "Here we ar –, oh my goodness."

The market is a mess now, all of the stands collapsed, with only 2 – 3 stands left untouched. In front of the panicking crowd is a cheetah that looks like Hunter. "What's wrong? Wasn't that radical?"

"I kinda like his behavior…" Hunter mutters. "But, still. We can't let that faker get away with this!"

(No OST)

"Hey, faker!" Hunter shouts at the other cheetah, pointing at him. "Stop this thing immediately!"

"You're actually saying that to yourself." He chuckles before shooting the cheetah with his explosive arrows, knocking him back.

"Argh! I forgot about his explosive arrows!" He stands back up.

"You're lucky, that's just the small one. I have many of the big ones!" He puts on 3 explosive arrows on his bow and aims at Hunter.

"Avoid his arrows!" The 2 of them then avoids all 3 arrows.

"I'm saying this to myself… No way!"

(Persona 2 OST: Maya's Theme Atsushi Kitajoh Rearrange)

"You're not me, and I'm not you!"

"Hunter…" (L) Spyro looks at him with mixed feelings. "Yeah, you're right! Let's beat that faker up!"

"YOU REALLY THINK THAT WE'RE DIFFERENT?!" The cheetah starts emitting a dark aura from his body. "LET ME SHOW YOU THE REAL FAKER HERE!" He starts shooting the explosive arrows again.

"You know the drill!" (L) Spyro avoids all of them, with Hunter doing good himself.

"That dark aura… I've seen it before, but where…?"

"Eyes on the road, Spyro!" Before an explosive arrow could hit him, Hunter's arrow successfully blocks it.

"Oh, yeah, sorry 'bout that." He starts breathing out ice from his mouth, making the other cheetah's feet freeze.

"THIS IS TOO EASY!" However, he easily breaks the ice. "I'M HUNTER, THE REAL YOU!"

"I won't do those things!" Hunter tries to shoot him again, but he dodges them easily. "What the…"

"I'M YOU, IDIOT. CHILDISH, NAÏVE, IDIOTIC, AND I HATE YOU FOR MAKING ME LIKE THAT!" He aims for the cheetah's head. "SO I'LL POP UP YOUR HEAD, IT'LL BE AWESOME! LIKE A FIREWORK!"

Hunter manages to avoid it, but gets knocked out again because of the explosion. "We couldn't do this over and over again, the place will get even more damaged!" (L) Spyro said to him.

"You're right…" He stands back up. "Let's end this thing!"

"That dark aura from the faker's body… It's so familiar to me…"

"Wait…"

"Could it be…?"

He tries shooting the enemy with his Gaismas breath that he learned at his counterpart's world. "ARGH!" He screams in pain.

"Good idea, Spyro! His aura strongly resembles Ripto's!" Hunter smiles at the dragon.

The other cheetah falls down to his knees. "Dang it… It was so close… I just wanted to do something awesome…" Hearing this, Hunter gets shocked for a moment.

"Your days of framing Hunter is over." The dragon prepares to kill the cheetah with his fire breath.

"Spyro, wait!"

(Persona 4 OST: I'll Face Myself)

Hunter walks towards the other cheetah and looks down at him. "I have to admit it, you're just like… Me…"

The other cheetah then looks up at him. "You… Really get it…?"

"I think so…" He lends out a hand to him. "Come on, let's get up."

He takes his hand and stands up.

"Maybe you ARE me…" He holds the other cheetah's shoulders. They didn't notice that the civilians are watching them now.

"You finally get it…" He smiles at Hunter, and slowly fades away.

TRUST IS CONNECTION, AND CONNECTION IS TRUST.

WHEN COMBINED WITH RESPECT, AN UNIMAGINABLE POWER COMES.

I HAVE RETRIEVED THE LOST TRUST OF A CHEETAH,

A FRIEND,

A FAMILY.

THIS GAVE US BOTH ADVANTAGES IN LIFE AND DEATH.

"What the… Where did he go…?" Hunter asks, looking confused.

"Hunter… Your arrows…" (L) Spyro said to him, making him check his arrows.

"These are… The explosive arrows…"

"We better ask the Guardians about this."

Thanks for reading.